Niels Christiansen

Niels B. Christiansen (born 12 April 1966, Sønderborg) is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of Lego.

Christiansen was managing director of Danfoss from October 2008 to July 2017, when he was succeeded by Kim Fausing. In August 2017, Lego announced that Christiansen would take over as CEO in October.[1].

Education

Student from Aabenraa State School Christiansen graduated as a civil engineer from DTU in 1991. He completed an MBA from INSEAD in 1993.

Career

  • 1991 - 1995 Management Consultant at McKinsey
  • 1995 - 1997 Vice President of Corporate Development in Hilti Corporation.
  • 1997 - 2000 Employed by GN Netcom
  • 2000 - 2003 Managing Director of GN Netcom
  • 2003 - 2004 Group Executive Vice President of GN Store Nord
  • 2004 - 2005 Executive Vice President at Danfoss
  • 2005 - 2006 Chief Operating Officer, Danfoss
  • 2006 - 2008 Deputy Managing Director, Danfoss
  • 2008 - 2017 Managing Director, Danfoss[2]
  • 2017 - Managing Director, LEGO Group
  • Economic Unsubscribe, Niels B. Christiansen's salary from Danfoss estimated to have been 50 million in 2015. kroner, which made him Denmark's highest paid business manager.[3]

Board posts

  • Chairman of Axcel
  • Member of the Board of Directors of AP Møller - Maersk
  • Member of the Board of William Demant Holding A / S
  • Vice Chairman of the Board of DI 's Business Committee
  • Member of the Board of Manufacturing Industry (a union under DI)
  • Member of the Board of the Technical University of Denmark

References

  1. ↑ "The LEGO Group appoints Niels B. Christiansen as CEO". lego.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Danfoss Group Executive Team". www.danfoss.dk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Bussiness.dk 23/4 2016 Ti ting, du ikke vidste om Niels B. Christiansen (hentet 2017-03-22)
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